Printing solo PDFs via .BAT file

Hi all,
We have a current implementation of Oracle Documaker for our LOB. What we do is run a .BAT file that runs the GEN* brothers (gentnw32, gendaw32, and genptw32). This then uses the XML defined in the DATA segment of the fsisys INI file. This prints out multiple PDFs for us depending on the contents of the XML.
We have a new requirement that states that we need to be able to print a solo PDF using an XML file that is found in a different directory, with a different file name, say invoice1085.xml. Is there a way to do this? I cannot edit the current setup of the workspace since the batch process needs to stay.
We are using Documaker Studio Version 12.2.0.21451 Build Aug 8 2013. The workspace however was created with an older version (uses an MRL files rather than an ODBC connection)

Hi,
I need to pass the extract file name to the GEN Programs via JAVA. Also, my batch file only has the lines:
SET BASEDIR=%cd%
CD %BASEDIR%\DATA
Echo Y|Del *.* >NUL
cd..
gendaw32 /ini=fsiuser.ini
genptw32 /ini=fsiuser.ini
pause
del .\print\_*.pdf
del .\print\.pdf
pause
:Exit
Or
echo
gentnw32
pause
gendaw32
pause
genptw32
pause
I'm sorry. I'm not very familiar with creating .BAT files or executables. Would "set MYEXTRACT=%1" replace the "ExtrFile = INPUT\extrfile.xml" line in my fsisys.ini file? Or will it only stick for the current run? Thanks a lot. I'll try experimenting with your suggestion.
EDIT: I got it to work using your suggestion but instead of using "Extract = ~GETENV MYEXTRACT", I used "ExtrFile = ~GETENV MYEXTRACT". Thanks a bunch!

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